UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 26, 2013

Alliance One International, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant, as specified in its charter)

8001 Aerial Center Parkway

Morrisville, North Carolina 27560-8417

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(919) 379-4300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

On July 26, 2013, Alliance One International, Inc. (the “Company” or “Alliance One”) entered into an Amendment and Restatement Agreement dated as of July 25, 2013 (the “Amendment and Restatement Agreement”) between the Company, its subsidiaries, Intabex Netherlands B.V. and Alliance One International AG, certain lenders listed below and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent. The Amendment and Restatement Agreement provides for the amendment of certain financial covenants (as identified below) effective upon the execution of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement and for the amendment and restatement of the agreement governing the Company’s senior secured revolving credit facility to be effective on the date (the “Effective Date”) of the satisfaction of the following conditions:

At the Effective Date, the agreement governing the Company’s senior secured revolving credit facility will be amended and restated to provide for a senior secured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks of approximately $303.9 million that will automatically reduce to approximately $210.3 million in April 2014 and will mature in April 2017, subject to a springing maturity in April 2014 if by that date the Company has not deposited sufficient amounts to fund the repayment at maturity of all then outstanding Convertible Notes. Borrowings under the amended senior secured revolving credit facility will initially bear interest at an annual rate of LIBOR plus 3.75% and base rate plus 2.75%, as applicable, though the interest rate under the senior secured revolving credit facility will be subject to increase or decrease according to a consolidated interest coverage ratio.

The Company’s primary foreign holding company, Intabex Netherlands B.V. (“Intabex”), will continue to be a co-borrower under the amended senior secured revolving credit facility, and the Company’s portion of the borrowings under the amended senior secured revolving credit facility will be limited to $200 million outstanding at any one time. One of the Company’s other primary foreign trading companies, Alliance One International AG (“AOIAG”), will be a

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guarantor of Intabex’s obligations under the amended senior secured revolving credit facility. Such obligations will also be guaranteed by the Company and such obligations and the obligations of the Company will be guaranteed by any of its material direct or indirect domestic subsidiaries (of which there are none at this time).

The agreement governing the amended senior secured revolving credit facility will permit the issuance of the Senior Notes, the application of the net proceeds from the offering of the Senior Notes to redeem the Existing Senior Notes on the August 2, 2013 redemption date and the purchase of the Convertible Notes in the Tender Offer.

Collateral. Alliance One’s borrowings under the amended senior secured revolving credit facility will be secured by a first priority pledge of:

In addition, Intabex’s borrowings and other obligations under the amended senior secured revolving credit facility will be secured by a first priority pledge of the assets described above and a pledge of 100% of the capital stock of Intabex, AOIAG, and certain of Alliance One’s, Intabex’s and AOIAG’s foreign subsidiaries.

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Financial covenants. The following financial covenants and required financial ratios included in the agreement governing the amended senior secured revolving credit facility will be (effective upon the execution of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement):

Certain of these financial covenants will be calculated on a rolling twelve-month basis and certain of these financial covenants and required financial ratios will adjust over time in accordance with schedules in the agreement governing the amended senior secured revolving credit facility.

Affirmative and restrictive covenants. The agreement governing the amended senior secured revolving credit facility will contain affirmative and negative covenants (subject, in each case, to exceptions and qualifications), including covenants that limit the Company’s ability to, among other things:

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The lenders party to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement are Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, ICBC (London) PLC, ING Belgium, Brussels, Geneva Branch, Natixis, New York Branch, and Standard Chartered Bank.

On July 25, 2013, the Company issued a press release regarding its entry into the Amendment and Restatement Agreement. The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 99.1 – Press release dated July 26, 2013

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: July 26, 2013

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